Subcutaneous or intramuscular injections of insulin in children: Are we injecting where we think we are?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1434-1436

  Polak, Michel ^a   Beregszaszi, Marta ^a   Belarbi, Nadia ^a   Benali, Karim ^a   Hassan, Max ^a   Czernichow, Paul ^a   Tubiana Rufi, Nadia ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029906809     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.19.12.1434     Document Type: Article

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